English 10 exam review

Question 1

The art or skill of speaking or writing especially as a way to persuade or influence people.

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Rhetoric

Question 2

Politicians deliver rallying cries to inspire people to act

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Example of Rhetoric

Question 3

Changing the name of an object or concept for another name of which it is related to.

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Metonymy

Question 4

The Crown = The Royal Family/The Queen

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Example of metonymy

Question 5

A rhetorical question is one for which the questioner does not expect a direct answer. The question is asked to make a point like a speech.

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Rhetorical question

Question 6

Is rain wet?

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Example of a rhetorical question

Question 7

a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on the resemblance of a particular aspect

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Analogy

Question 8

“Life is like a box of chocolates”

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Example of analogy

Question 9

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly;passing reference.

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Allusion

Question 10

You’re grade is sinking like the Titanic.

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Example of allusion

Question 11

A word that carries additional emotional weight or significance—whether positive or negative—beyond its literal meaning.

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Loaded words

Question 12

Using words like healthy or safe cause a positive reaction from most people.

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Example of loaded words

Question 13

When a word or phrase is repeated in sentences to give the phrase of the sentences emphasis or a stronger, or different, tone.

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Anaphora

Question 14

“You will clean your room. You will brush your teeth. Then, you will go to bed.”

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Example of anaphora

Question 15

Parallelism refers to using similar words, clauses, phrases, sentence structure, or other grammatical elements to emphasize similar ideas in a sentence.

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Parallelism

Question 16

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

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Example of parallelism

Question 17

A sentence not intended to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

Question 18

I inhaled that steak!

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Example of hyperbole

Question 19

Two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted to develop an understanding of something through defining its opposite.

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Antithesis

Question 20

“Go big or go home.”

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Example of antithesis

Question 21

The author / speaker raises a question and also gives an answer to the question.

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Hypophora

Question 22

Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer.

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Example of hypophora

Question 23

a statement that seems to go against common sense but may still be true.

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Paradox

Question 24

Save money by spending it.

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Example of paradox

Question 25

a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.

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Euphemism

Question 26

“Creative with the truth” = Liar

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Example of euphemism

Question 27

A short memorable expression of general truths or opinions.

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Aphorism

Question 28

He who hesitates is lost = that it is important to make decisions and do things in a quick and definite way.

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Example of aphorism

Question 29

Tells how the author or narrator feels about the subject matter written

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Tone

Question 30

[Buttercup] hates me. Or at least distrusts me.

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Example of tone

Question 31

Uses the denied opposite of a word to weaken or soften a message.

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Understatement

Question 32

I know a little about running a company. (a businessman might modestly say.)

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Example of an understatement

Question 33

An appeal to ethics or morals.

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Ethos

Question 34

Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment.

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Example of ethos

Question 35

An appeal to emotions or feelings.

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Pathos

Question 36

I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

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Example of pathos

Question 37

An appeal to logic or reason.

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Logos

Question 38

All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

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Example of Logos

Question 39

a literary device that implies comparison or contrast.

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Juxtaposition

Question 40

A cop performing illegal maneuvers.

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Example of Juxtapostion

Question 41

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Personification

Question 42

'The story jumped off the page.”

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Example of personification

Question 43

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Alliteration

Question 44

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, if peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where is the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked?

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Example of alliteration

Question 45

The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

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Irony

Question 46

A fire station burns down.

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Example of irony

Question 47

figure of speech where a term or phrase is used to apply something or do something that it does not practically apply to.

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Metaphor

Question 48

Life is a highway.

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Example of metaphor

Question 49

a figure of speech used to add emphasis or vividness to descriptions by comparing two things most commonly using like or as.

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Simile

Question 50

As slow as a sloth.

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Example of a simile

Question 51

a technique employed by writers to: Expose people's stupidity by the use of humor, irony and, exaggeration.

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Satire

Question 52

A gentle, sympathetic form of satire in which the subject is mildly made fun of with engaging wit.

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Horatian

Question 53

A harsher, bitter form of satire where the subject is subjected to contempt and condemnation.

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Juvenalian

Question 54

Satire that is characterized by attacking mental attitudes instead of specific individuals.

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Menippean

Question 55

A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Question 56

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.

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Example of hyperbole

Question 57

a comedic commentary about a work, that requires an imitation of the work.

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Parody

Question 58

Stealbucks

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Example of parody

Question 59

Exaggeration of the actions, parts, or features of someone or something usually for comic or satirical effect.

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Caricature

Question 60

When he sings “Summer”, he makes such comments, as he will be a “happy snowman”.

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Example of caricature

Question 61

A false, absurd, and distorted representation of something or someone.

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Travesty

Question 62

a court case that makes a mockery of the judicial system

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Example of a travesty

Question 63

A literary device that can be defined as a phrase or a figure of speech which involves two different interpretations that could be understood in two different ways.

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Double entendre

Question 64

You look hot! (referring to someone who is sweating or who looks very attractive)

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Example of double entendre

Question 65

Sneering disapproval often expressed as praise

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Sarcasm

Question 66

When the nervous freshman dropped his lunch tray, the seniors at a nearby table gave him a standing ovation and yelled, “Way to go, Grace.”

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Example of sarcasm

Question 67

The use of sarcasm or other humor based ideas to make judgment towards someone in order to cause laughter.

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Wit

Question 68

Why do fortune cookies have messages? To prove that the worst writers can still get published.

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Example of wit

Question 69

rude and unpleasant things that people shout at other people they hate or are angry with.

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Invective

Question 70

He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.”

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Example of invective

Question 71

figure of speech in which the literal meaning of what someone is saying is different from what they really mean.

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Verbal irony

Question 72

What a beautiful day! (it is pouring rain)

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Example of verbal irony

Question 73

he irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.

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Situational irony

Question 74

someone posting on Twitter that social media is a waste of time.

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Example of situational irony

Question 75

very different from everything around it, to the point of being inappropriate to the situation

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Incongruity

Question 76

A cat at a dogs birthday party

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Example of incongruity

Question 77

A form of satire that presents the opposite of the normal order by switching the positions of two subjects.

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Reversal

Question 78

Birds giving people food to eat off the ground

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Example of reversal